Alperen Tümsavaş (ByAdze) — Quick Profile
Alperen Tümsavaş, known online as ByAdze, is a hardworking and slightly caffeinated chess grinder who prefers Rapid play but lives in Bullet time. A d4 enthusiast with a fondness for the Amazon Attack and the Caro-Kann, Alperen has sharpened tactics across thousands of online games and developed a reputation for long, tactical fights that often end late and dramatically.
Highlights include a Peak Bullet rating of 1721 and a Peak Rapid run that reached 1185. He is best described as an openings specialist who practices the Amazon Attack, Caro-Kann, and Australian Defense almost religiously.
Playing Style and Strengths
Alperen is an attack-minded player with a strong endgame habit. He prefers decisive, tactical games and often goes long: average decisive games last around 72 moves. Key tendencies and strengths include:
- Preferred time control: Rapid, though Bullet is his true playground.
- High activity: thousands of games studied, with deep experience in short time controls.
- Excellent comeback skills: a Comeback Rate above 80 percent and solid resilience when down material.
- Favours queen and rook checks when pressuring opponents, and often reaches complex endgames.
Openings and Repertoire
Alperen builds his repertoire around a few repeatable systems. He plays the Amazon Attack and Australian Defense as White and uses the Caro-Kann and Amar Gambit among Black options. Below are a few openings he leans on:
- Amazon Attack — a go-to aggressive setup with solid white results.
- Caro-Kann Defense — a frequent Black response with good results in the Exchange Variation.
- Australian Defense — used often as White to steer games into familiar waters.
He also posts strong win rates in the Caro-Kann Exchange as well as several Amazon Attack sublines.
Notable Stats and Quirks
Alperen’s profile is full of entertaining stats that tell a story beyond raw numbers.
- Games analyzed: roughly 8,700 online games across formats.
- Wins by format: a huge Bullet corpus, many thousands of Bullet games; solid Blitz and Rapid play as well.
- Longest winning streak: 10 games. Current winning streak: 7 games.
- Tilt factor: 12. He admits to the occasional dramatic reaction after a blunder.
- Best time of day to play: around 06:00 according to recent performance charts. Early bird strategy or coffee-fueled magic?
For pure metrics, you can quickly view peak leaderboards here: 1721 (2023-05-28)
Study Material and Matches
If you want to study a typical Alperen opening sequence, try this short sample game snippet that illustrates his d4-based approach:
Want to compare notes with his most-played rivals? Check out profiles of frequent opponents:
- lefteris128 — one of the most-played adversaries.
- mihael_dz — another regular with many close fights.
For a quick visual of recent Rapid performance:
Personality and Final Notes
Alperen plays like someone who treats chess as serious fun. Expect aggressive opening choices, long tactical scrambles, and an undiminished appetite for Bullet marathons. He studies openings to depth, loves complex transitional play, and will happily rematch after a loss. If you face ByAdze at 06:00, bring coffee and patience.
Want to explore his openings deeper? Try a search for his most-played system: Amazon Attack.